Interesting to see the Boeing 777-200ER making a comeback to Melbourne flights, I prefer the 2x2x2 biz seating so that's a good thing, although it means less empty rows of seats in Y which I enjoyed lately.

Oh Pooh. I guess they want to reposition PEK's A330 to add to the HKG-Phuket frequency. And stick us again with the 747-400--no doubt the crappiest one still in the fleet with the old seating.

I can't imagine it's a capacity issue on the PEK-BKK route. Not during the winter except for the month around Chinese New Year. Well, maybe it will bring prices down a bit. Then again, maybe not, this is TG after all.

No, I haven't called Thai about the flight. I am scheduled to fly on Jan 28/11. According to the info above, my flight would be affected. I am booked on an Aeroplan award ticket, would Thai still be the people to call? Also, is there much chance there could be another switch between now and then? It seems odd that there would be no F class offered to Shanghai right before New Year!?

I am looking at booking PEK-BKK RT in First for Jan 14th-23rd. TG show's 747-400 on the booking page. Would this route be the newer F or old F seats? Also would they serve Dom Perignon in F regardless?